Lots of cringeworthy scenes in this one

I thought Kenneth Branagh really worked in Chamber of Secrets, and Richard Harris was perfect. There are number of performances from Robbie Coltrane to Jim Broadbent to Alan Rickman that are well cast and make the characters feel real.

How can he carry it the whole way, when he only appear at the start of the climax ?

"The graveyard scene was so bad"

I actually thought this was the best scene by far of this otherwise over the top, overacted, poorly edited mess of a film for me. Too bad the scene sucks away any drama with Fiennes attempting to sound like a monster, which comes around as goofy.

The graveyard was very disappointing. I mean the movie version of course, not the book. The graveyard scene in the book-I loved that. It was so emotional and it made me see why people were afraid of Voldemort and his death eaters, but the graveyard scene in t he movie was so disappointing. For one, it was far too rushed, not to mention it seemed to have no real threat as it looked like Harry could easily slide out from that statue if he wanted to. I know the statue had a spell on it to hold him back, but that was only for a moment, if it was spelled to go on longer the least they could have done was have Dan struggle against the statue some more. He made no real effort to fight back, in the book he did, but he also couldn't struggle too much as he was tied to the stone from shoulders to ankles and couldn't move an inch. Also the death eaters should have had a bigger part and they should have include Harry fighting off the imperius curse and Voldemort taunting Harry. It was so much better in the book than in the movie. I wish they could have done that differently or made it longer or something.

They should have also had Rita's articles about him especially the one in the end that set Fudge to believe Harry was insane and shouldn't be believed.

They left so many important parts out of this and there's no excuse for it.



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Right, not pompous at all then.

Thanks. I have yet to read Goblet of Fire. I've done reading Prisoners though.

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

pete, I think this is an example of something the movie did well, in that it captured the essence of both foreign schools, and did so with brevity. Within a few effective sequences we are given the titular plot.

They can. Just so you know Durmstrang Institute taught Dark Arts to their students which was forbidden at Hogwarts...not sure if its the same with Beaubaxtons but no. They're no way benign if they learn Dark Arts (perhaps some of them are but not everyone)

I never meant that women can't be good fighters, its you who brought that up.  In fact most of them witches outsmart Wizards...say Bellatrix, Hermione and McGonagall
Fighters don't always have to be evil ya know. Anyone can fight, Durmstrang, BEaubaxtons and Hogwarts...but their approach isn't always the same.

What Is Dead May Never Die

Completely agree with this. Also they should have had the other schools co-ed in the movie. I don't know why they made this unnecessary change.


I'm a Timelord.
Right, not pompous at all then.